#40A08B#40A08B

#40A08B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.096 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A08B
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 139)
HSL	hsl(167, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 13.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, -33.37, 2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 33.47, 175.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0955 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.096 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3432, 28.0937, 28.8243)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A08B #A04055

analogous

#40A05B #40A08B #4085A0

triadic

#40A08B #8B40A0 #A08B40

tetradic

#40A08B #5B40A0 #A04055 #85A040

square

#40A08B #5B40A0 #A04055 #85A040

split-complementary

#40A08B #A04085 #A05B40

monochromatic

#1D493F #2F7465 #40A08B #5EBFAA #8AD0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#40A08B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#40A08B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A08B

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A08B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A08B	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A978A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a08b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.096 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbcac',
    500: '#40a08b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a08b;
$custom-light: #7fbcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a08b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.875,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64288,
    "c": 0.09574,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A08B

secondary

#BB818E

accent

#5571D3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A08B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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